Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes (The Bank Job Version)

What this video is

Released in 1995 as the third single from Black Grape's debut album It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah — an album that debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart — 'Kelly's Heroes' arrived at the precise apex of Britpop's cultural dominance. The band, formed from the wreckage of Happy Mondays by Shaun Ryder and Bez, represented the post-Madchester pivot: retaining the irreverent, chemically-informed chaos of…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the mid-90s UK alternative crossover moment, 'Kelly's Heroes' documents the hybridity at the heart of Black Grape's sound: indie rock, hip-hop flows, and Madchester's psychedelic funk colliding under Britpop's commercial umbrella. The song reached number 17 in the UK. The…

The director

David Mould is a UK-based music video director active from the early 1990s through the 2000s and beyond. His verified credits include Oasis: Stand by Me (1997), Evanescence: My Immortal (2003), Gin Blossoms: Hey Jealousy (1992), Texas: Say What You Want…